utah!!

this weekend my family went to utah. i had such a blast! i love spending time with my family. we spent the majority of the time visiting family. friday night me and jord drove to provo after dropping our family off in pg and went and hung out with ben and jenny. haha oh man, i wish i could explain to you what went down friday night. but i think it is best if i just leave it at "it was a great night." haha you're welcome jenny for not saying more.
saturday was spent with cousins from three of the four cartwright families. we met up at brooke's new house (which i loved by the way) and then went out to lunch at fudruckers. i love eating at that place so much. not because i love the food but because i love the memories i have there. we stop there every year on the way to priest lake. haha oh man... i just had a flood of memories. i love when that happens. this last year with al and kim at priest lake was one of my favorite memories of all time. we also have eaten there before dropping luke and jordan off at the mtc. so i have some good memories at that place. anywayssss..... so the cousins met up for lunch. i hadn't been some of them in a while and it made me so happy. haha i am funny when it comes to my extended family. i am already excited for when margy and craig are going to come home because i know everyone will come up for their homecoming. too bad they still have a year and a half left huh?
after that we went to the byu basketball game. it was a big game- they played their rivals so it was packed. but it was so sweet. there is this player that plays for byu that everyone is obsessed with. his name is jimmer. but jordan said that he thinks taylor looks like jimmer so we have started calling tay jimmer. tay babe is one of those people that you never call by his real name. like if i were to call him taylor i would be shocked with myself. everyone at school and church call him tay babe. i gave him that nickname a few years ago and it has just stuck. and you wanna know whats funny? he loves it. we will never admit it but he loves that the girls call him babe. haha oh man i love that kid so much. he tells me things that he doesn't tell anyone else and it makes me so happy. like tonight he came up to my room and showed me THE FUNNIEST note he is giving to the girl he likes for valentines. haha it said something like... "you have the most attractive laugh. you hair is so beautiful." and funny things like that. and he is down listening to dawson mcalliser right now. haha that boy cracks me up. i love him so much.
man i keep getting distracted. so yeah... we went to another cousins house saturday night. she had a harp and let me play around on it and i want to learn to play it so bad!! chloe murri tried teaching me the other day but i think it may take more than one lesson... haha thats ok. im willing.
today we visited more family and went to see my mom's friend in layton. i swear my mom has more friends than anybody i know. it is so crazy. some day i hope i can be like that.
so yeah... i had a blast this weekend!! i love my family so much. i am so happy for my brothers. it has been so great having jord home. we have bonded so much just this last month and i feel like i can talk to him about anything. it is especially great because he has a terrible memory so i know if i just need to get something off my chest he will forget everything we talked about by the next day. haha maybe thats not a good thing. jord is the best... but his wife is going to have to be patient with his horrible memory.
well my life is going well. i am actually extremely content right now. its a good thing that all the men are at school or i may be tempted to not go back... haha just kidding. i love learning but i am happy i have this four month break to work and spend time with my family. i love my jobs and i have already met some amazing people that i would consider to be some of my best friends.
i am looking forward to so many things. i am looking forward to europe, this summer, being able to run races again, the rigby triathlon, hanging out with some of my favorite people, byui, and hopefully utah state some time in my near future!! i am shooting for next january, but we'll see what happens. :)